Chronic stress puts a high demand on your adrenal glands and taxes them to the point of exhaustion. When your adrenal glands are over-worked, you may need to seek support. Some signs of adrenal fatigue include low energy, body aches, low blood pressure, unexplained weight loss, and lightheadedness. CanPrev® Adrenal-Pro™ is a blend of adaptogenic herbs and nutrients used in herbal medicine, such as Siberian Ginseng, Ashwagandha, Schisandra, Rhodiola, Astragalus and B Vitamins. Adrenal Pro™ is specially formulated to provide an improved to help improve mental and physical performance and the ability to better manage stress.
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Clean Eating Recipe: Thai Green Beans
Ingredients: 4 cups of mixed beans. 2 Tbsp. Butter. 1″ piece fresh ginger. 1 clove garlic. 1 Tbsp. sesame tahini. 1/2 Tbsp honey. 1 Tbsp. olive oil. 1/2 Tsp. toasted sesame oil. Pinch cayenne pepper. Toasted sesame seeds. Directions: Heat a large skillet over medium heat, toss beans in olive oil until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Set aside in a bowl. Add butter and garlic to skillet on medium heat for one minute and then reduce to low and add cayenne, tahini, sesame oil, honey and ginger. Combine with beans. Top with sesame seeds before serving. Enjoy!
Words to Live By
“If not now, when?” – Hillel
Book Club: Beyond the Label
Beyond the Label offers a unique perspective on mental health: it shares the author’s own recovery from four major mental health conditions: anxiety, depression (attempted suicide), bulimia, and bipolar disorder type 1. The book outlines a detailed, step-by-step plan for how others can achieve optimal mental health. A combination of practical clinical experience and years of lived experience, the book shares insight into how diet, exercise, and sleep can be optimized for improved mental wellbeing, as well as strategies for coping with negative thoughts and emotions, and building self-love and compassion, among other skills.
Words to Live By
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford
Words to Live By
“The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.” – Fridtjof Nansen
Words to Live By
“There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no insurmountable barrier except our own inherent weakness of purpose.”
~ Elbert Hubbard
Manitoba’s Wellness Road Trips
Surrounded by stunning boreal forest and situated just beside Riding Mountain National Park in central Manitoba, the Elkhorn Resort, Spa & Conference Centre offers a relaxing getaway in a prime location. Spend the three-hour drive from Winnipeg soaking in the beautiful scenery and preparing yourself for time away from your busy everyday life. Enjoy the onsite spa, savour a meal at one of the two onsite restaurants, and explore the natural world with plenty of hiking nearby. Riding Mountain National Park also offers fantastic wildlife drives for people of all ages. Watch for bears, elk, bison, and more!
Abs of Steel or Jelly Belly?
Your pelvis is a ring of bones held together by ligaments and muscles. These muscles engage every time you walk, sit, stand, run, or even breathe! Weak stabilizing muscles cause your pelvis to move too much and surrounding muscles contract to control the excess movement, leading to chronic muscle tightness. By strengthening the core, our bodies are able to withstand these forces without muscle spasms. Some of the best exercises for core involve maintaining a neutral spine position and resisting forces. Your physiotherapist can give you specific exercises to improve your strength, while relaxing other muscles through manual therapy techniques.
Get Energized!
Boost your pre or post workout by incorporating chlorophyll-rich greens with Coconut MCT into your daily routine. Studies have shown when taken before exercising, Coconut MCT may reduce lactic acid build up and encourage the body to burn more fat instead of carbs for energy. These can be found in a greens powder formula at your health food store and added to smoothies or water. Taking it in the morning can also make you feel more energized throughout the day. Look for a greens product with Coconut MCT and Maca for sustained energy plus shelf-stable probiotics included to lighten your supplement load!
Life, Our Best Teacher
What if we begin to see our life as an amazing spiritual classroom and treat every situation that we encounter as a spiritual endeavour? Experiencing life as an ongoing dance that allows us to learn when to hold on and let go. A sacred opportunity to take full ownership of all our feelings, thoughts, and old stories that we tell ourselves. Then let us be guided inwards and enlightened about what we need to learn, rather than blame, judge, or play victim to ourselves or others. Allowing more compassion, love, wisdom, joy, and ease into every action we choose.
